AN AMPHIBIAN.
FROM THE TOURVILLE.
VISIT TO BLENHEIM.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, Aug. 14.
Extraordinary public interest was centred in the special visit to Blenheim of the French cruiser Tourville’s huge Cams-Amphibian aeroplane, and it is interesting to note that when her wheels touched the ground at Woodbourne fiekl it was her first ground landing since leaving France-. The pilot, Lieut. !j. G. M. Bellando, accompanied by Major Isitt, was welcomed by iHis Worship the Mayor and the officials of the Marlborough Aero Club. The party was subsequently entertained at the Town Hall. M. Bellando said there was no aerodrome in the whole of France to even begin to compare with Woodbourne Field.
The amphibian was met halfway across the Straits by one of the Aero Club’s Moths, and escorted to the field. It made a perfect take-off on its return journey to Wellington at 4.15 p.m. Blenheim is the only town in New Zealand to be visited.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17663, 14 August 1929, Page 4
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